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Mindfulness training is growing in popularity as an adjunctive intervention in disordered eating and weight loss. Lifestyle modification, pharmacologic treatment, and surgical intervention have been widely used for weight reduction in obese persons, but these modifications are sometimes insufficient. In particular, stress-induced eating and binge-eating disorder have been frequently associated with increased risk of regaining weight. Initial research suggests that mindfulness training may be an effective intervention for binge eating. In this article, we reviewed 19 studies that investigated mindfulness training as an intervention for weight change and/or emotional eating. Results suggest that mindfulness training effectively decreases emotional eating in persons with good adherence to the training; evidence for its effect on weight reduction, however, is mixed. Further large-scale studies are warranted to explore the effectiveness of mindfulness training on long-term weight loss and emotional eating in persons with obesity.
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Humans , Binge-Eating Disorder , Bulimia , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy , Eating , Life Style , Mindfulness , Obesity , Overweight , Weight Loss , Weight Reduction ProgramsABSTRACT
Mindfulness training is growing in popularity as an adjunctive intervention in disordered eating and weight loss. Lifestyle modification, pharmacologic treatment, and surgical intervention have been widely used for weight reduction in obese persons, but these modifications are sometimes insufficient. In particular, stress-induced eating and binge-eating disorder have been frequently associated with increased risk of regaining weight. Initial research suggests that mindfulness training may be an effective intervention for binge eating. In this article, we reviewed 19 studies that investigated mindfulness training as an intervention for weight change and/or emotional eating. Results suggest that mindfulness training effectively decreases emotional eating in persons with good adherence to the training; evidence for its effect on weight reduction, however, is mixed. Further large-scale studies are warranted to explore the effectiveness of mindfulness training on long-term weight loss and emotional eating in persons with obesity.
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BACKGROUND: As the number of smartphone users is increasing, smartphone addiction is a recent concern. The purpose of the present study was to examine the mediating effect of loneliness on the relationship between smartphone addiction and dependent/ avoidant personality trait in Adults. METHODS: A total of 550 adults (male 116, female 434) were selected and rated smartphone addiction scale, dependent and avoidant personality trait scales, and loneliness scale. Pearson correlation coefficients, Structural Equation Model Analysis and Sobel test using SPSS version 21.0 (IBM, New York, NY, USA) and AMOS version 21.0 (IBM, New York, NY, USA) were conducted. RESULTS: Dependent and avoidant personality significantly were related smartphone addiction and loneliness. Finding in structural equation modeling indicated that the loneliness partially mediated the relationship between dependent personality and smartphone addiction, but did not mediated the relationship between avoidant personality and smartphone addiction. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirmed partial mediation effect of loneliness on the relationship between smartphone addiction and dependent personality. This finding suggests that future intervention for smartphone addiction should focus on reducing of loneliness and proper coping with loneliness.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Loneliness , Negotiating , Smartphone , Weights and MeasuresABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to examine the effects of perceived parenting behaviors on emotional behavioral problems in adolescents and the moderating effects of peer attachment. METHODS: A total of 1919 middle school students (males 968, females 951) were selected from the first and second data sets of the Korea Child and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS). The t-test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were conducted using SPSS/WIN 18.0. RESULTS: Of the parenting behaviors, high monitoring, affection, and reasoning were associated with lower emotional behavioral problems of their adolescent offsprings, whereas inconsistency, intrusiveness, and over-expectations were associated with higher emotional behavioral problems. The moderating effects of peer attachment on the relationship between parenting behaviors and emotional behavioral problems were different according to the gender of the adolescent. In males, the moderating effects of peer attachment were significant between reasoning and attention problems and between affection and aggression. However, in females, they were significant when parental monitoring, inconsistency, and reasoning affected attention problems. CONCLUSIONS: Peer attachment plays an important role in the aggressive behaviors of male adolescents. This finding should be considered in preventing violence in schools.